Effect of tandospirone on sleep latency in rats placed on a grid suspended over water.
Effect of tandospirone on sleep latency in rats placed on a grid suspended over water.
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DOI:
10.1254/jphs.fp0070981
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Yoshiaki Utsu;K. Shinomiya;S. Tokunaga;Asae Ohmori;C. Kamei
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作者:
Yoshiaki Utsu;K. Shinomiya;S. Tokunaga;Asae Ohmori;C. Kamei
The present study was performed to examine the effect of tandospirone on sleep latency in a new insomnia animal model by placing rats on a grid suspended over water. For investigating the mechanism of tandospirone, the effect of tandospirone on sleep latency was also studied using rats that were depleted with neuronal serotonin (5-HT) after p-chlorophenylalanine administration. Tandospirone caused a shortening of sleep latency dose-dependently, and a significant effect was observed at 20 mg/kg, p.o. or more. A shortening of sleep latency was observed by administration of p-chlorophenylalanine (300 mg/kg, i.p.) for 2 days. On the other hand, tandospirone exerted no potentiating effect on the shortening of sleep latency induced by p-chlorophenylalanine. From these findings, a shortening of sleep latency induced by tandospirone may occur through the pre-synaptic 5-HT(1A) receptors in rats.